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The  ALUMNI  COUNCIL 
of  AMHERST  COLLEGE 

ANNUAL  REPORT  OF 
THE  COMMITTEE  ON 
RELIGIOUS    WORK 


AMHERST 
MASSACHUSETTS 

1916 


BULLETINS  OF  AMHERST  COLLEGE 

Issued  in  November,  December,  January,  April,  May  and   June 

Entered  at  the  Post  Office  at  Amherst,  Mass.,  as  second-class  matter 

JME  6  under  the  Act  of  Congress  of  July  16,  1914 

BULLETIN  NUMBER  2,  SUPPLEMENT 


tfOYEMBES,  1U4, 


OFFICERS,  1915-1916 

President,  JULIUS  S.  BIXLER,  1916 

Vice-President,  ERALSEY  C.  FERGUSON,  1916 

Treasurer,  BURBANK  C.  YOUNG,  1916 

Recording  Secretary,  ALFRED  H.  WASHBURN,  1916 

r  aA  ,  t    ca/%.  t„;00       J  WALTER  R.  AGARD,  1915 
Graduate  Secretanes,      j  J0SEPH  L.  SNIDER,  1915 


W.  C.  Baker,  '16 
T.  C.  Edwards,  '16 
H.  J.  Heavens,  '16 
W.  M.  Leonard,  Jr. 


S.  W.  Rider,  '16 
E.  E.  Sawyer,  '16 
D.  StevensoD,  '16 
W.  H.  Tow,  '16 
C.  F.  Weeden,  '16 
R.  T.  Hobart,  '17 


C.  B.  Ames,  '16 
W.  G.  Avirett,  '16 
M.  H.  Boynton,  '16 
L.  W.  Douglas,  '16 
E.  C.  Ferguson,  '16 


M.  0.  Young,  '16 


H.  F.  Anthony,  '17 
M.  E.  Baker,  '17 
J.  D.  Clark,  '17 
C.  P.  Cochrane,  '17 
M.  A.  Copeland,  '17 


G.  I.  Baily,  '17 
J.  P.  Estey,  '18 


COMMITTEES 
Bible  Study,  S.  M.  BUCHANAN,  '16,  Chairman 

R.  M.  Proctor,  '16  H.  G.  Vaughn,  '17 

A.  M.  Clarke,  '17  H.  W.  Wells,  '17 

R.  M.  Fisher,  '17  S.  Thayer,  '18 

'16  W.  E.  Sibley,  '17 


Boys'  Work,  G.  W.  WASHBURN, 
B.  E.  Johnson, '17 
R.  S.  Woodward,  '17 
G.  Benneyan,  '18 
J.  B.  Brainerd,  Jr.,  '18 
G.  L.  Cross,  '18 
O.  H.  Kenyon,  '18 


Chairman 
P.  H.  See,  '18 
W.  C.  Washburn,  '18 
W.  W.  Yerrall,  '18 


Deputation,  F.  R.  OTTE,  '16,  Chairman 


W.  M.  Leonard,  Jr.,  '16 
A.  D.  Marks,  '16 
C.  B.  Peck,  '16 
R.  M.  Proctor,  '16 
J.  U.  Reber,  '16 
T.  M.  Greene,  '18 


G.  W.  Washburn,  '16 
C.  H.  Bartholomew,  '16 
C.  P.  Cochrane,  '17 
H.  Rauschenbusch,  '17 
R.  G.  Bemis,  '18 


Employment,  A.  P.  WHITE.  '16,  Chairman 

A.  M.  Clarke,  '17  S.  A.  Howard,  '17 

Finance,  B.  C.  YOUNG,  '169  Chairman 

D.  R.  Craig,  Jr.,  '17  P.  H.  Plough,  '17 

B.  S.  D'Ooge,  '17  W.  E.  Sibley,  '17 
J.  G.  Gazley,  '17                           H.  G.  Vaughn,  '17 

J.  A.  Hawkins,  '17  R.  S.  Woodward,  '17 

R.  T.  Hobart,  '17 


Hand  Book,  T.  C.  EDWARDS, 
R.  P.  Kelsey,  '18 
H.  A.  Ladd,  '18 

M.  S.  Moore,  '18 


16,  Chairman 

C.  G.  Seamans,  '18 
L.  E.  Thayer,  '18 


T.  D.  Dayton,  '16 
H.  J.  Heavens,  '16 
L.  M.  Knapp,  '16 
J.  E.  Glann,  '17 
C.  T.  Jones,  '17 
C.  B.  Low,  '17 


T.  Barone,  '16 
D.  Blanchard,  '16 
W.  G.  Chapman,  '16 
P.  M.  Hughes,  '16 
J.  M.  Jenkins,  '16 


R.  J.  Anderson,  '16 

D.  E.  Hardy,  '16 
J,  S.  McCloy,  '16 
H.  E.  Sawyer,  '16 

E.  Stinson,  '16 


W.  C.  Baker,  '16 
H.  A.  Chandler,  '16 


Immigrant  Education,  E.  D.  ANDREWS,  '16,  Chairman 


C.  E.  Maynard,  '17 
F.  K.  Sanders,  Jr.,  '17 
H.  W,  Wells,  '17 
J.  L.  Whitcomb,  '17 

F.  E.  Bogart,  '18 

D.  H.  Kessler,  '18 

Membership,  G.  H.  LANE,  '] 

G.  N.  Keeney,  '16 
H.  F.  Redfield,  '16 

E.  H.  Seamans,  '16 
W.  H.  Smith,  '16 
G.  Hinman,  '17 

Mission  Study,  C.  B.  AMES,  '16,  Chairman 

L.  F.  Whetsone,  '16  F.  L.  Moginot,  '17 

C.  H.  Bartholomew,  '17  J.  F.  Swett,  '17 

R.  B.  Bristol,  '17  T.  L.  Widmayer,  '17 

C.  T.  Jones,  '17 
E.  H.  Marks,  '17 

Northfield,  E.  C.  FERGUSON,  '16,  Chairman 

L.  B.  Wood,  '16  M.  O.  Young,  '16 

L.  H.  Young,  '16 


E.  W.  Morehouse,  '18 
W.  R.  Peabody,  '18 
A.  F.  Saunders,  '18 
L.  E.  Thaver,  '18 
M.  H.  Williams,  '18 

Chairman 

C.  B.  Low,  '17 
C.  B.  McGowan,  '17 
R.  D.  Metcalf,  '17  . 
E.  M.  Root,  '17 


Reading  Room  and  Publicity,  C.  B.  PECK, 
L.  M.  Knapp,  '16  F.  M.  Sleeper,  '17 

P.  I).  Bell,  '17  G.  R.  Aiello,  '18 

A.  S.  Homer,  '17  J.  E.  Campbell,  '18 

K.  T.  Ross,  '17  E.  B.  Greene,  '18 


'16,  Chairman 
A.  R.  Morehouse,  '18 
W.  L.  Thompson,  '18 


^-n"-—" 


TO  THE  ALUMNI 

This  report  of  the  work  of  the  Amherst  College  Christian 
Association  for  the  year  1915-1916  has  been  submitted  to  us  by 
the  officers  of  the  Association.  We  are  sending  copies  to  every 
alumnus  and  non-graduate  as  a  record  of  the  religious  life  of  the 
college. 

We  believe  you  will  be  interested  in  reading  every  word  and 
thus  becoming  familiar  with  this  important  part  of  the  college 
life.  If,  however,  you  cannot  take  the  time  to  do  this,  please 
note  pages  10  and  26-29. 

THE  ALUMNI  COUNCIL  COMMITTEE  ON 
RELIGIOUS  WORK, 

Prof.  John  M.  Tyler,  '73,  Chairman 

President  Alexander  Meiklejohn,  ex-officio 

Dean  George  D.  Olds,  ex-officio 

Pres. -Emeritus  George  Harris,  '66 

Walter  B.  Mossman,  '78 

Charles  M.  Pratt,  '79 

John  Timothy  Stone,  '91 

Bruce  Barton,  '07 

Laurens  H.  Seelye,  '11 

Theodore  A.  Greene,  '13 


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CONTENTS 

Page 

List  of  Officers,  1915-1916         .            .            .    ] 

inside  front  cover 

Report  of  the  Graduate  Secretaries     . 

4 

Service  to  the  College 

Discussion  Groups 

7 

Sunday  Evening  Meetings 

8 

Alumni  Sunday       .... 

9 

Bible  Study             .... 

10 

Mission  Lectures    .... 

11 

Henry  Ward  Beecher  Club 

12 

Employment  Bureau 

13 

Reading  Room        .            .            . 

14 

Work  for  New  Students    . 

15 

Service  to  the  Community 

Deputations             .... 

16 

Immigrant  Education 

18 

Boys'  Clubs             . 

19 

The  Holyoke  Vacation  School 

20 

Conferences          ..... 

23 

Organization 

Student  Membership 

25 

Finances       ..... 

25 

Alumni  Co-operation 

26 

List  of  Officers,  1916-1917 

Inside  back  cover 

Report  of  tfje  #raouate  Secretaries! 

"Amherst  is  the  most  religious  place  I've  struck,"  was  the 
remark  of  an  undergraduate  last  winter,  when  the  class  discus- 
sion groups  were  at  the  height  of  their  interest.  What  did  he 
mean  by  this,  and  what  is  the  statement  worth?  To  answer 
these  questions  will  be  our  aim  in  this  brief  summary  of  the  de- 
tailed committee  reports  that  follow. 

What  is  the  religious  situation  at  Amherst?  It  is  charac- 
terized most  of  all,  we  believe,  by  a  healthy  spirit  of  spiritual 
curiosity,  a  desire  to  know  the  true  values  of  religious  experience 
and  of  ethical  conduct.  Along  with  the  unquestionably  keen 
spirit  of  intellectual  inquiry  now  rife  in  the  college,  this  attendant 
concern  about  the  biggest  thoughts  and  conceptions  of  men  has 
been  developing.  And,  as  men  will  always  desire  to  find  ex- 
pression for  their  moral  and  spiritual  ideals,  continued  interest 
has  been  taken  in  practical  helpfulness  and  service  in  the  college 
and  outside  communities. 

This  is  the  situation.  How  has  the  Christian  Association 
been  meeting  it? 

First,  we  have  been  trying  to  deepen  the  spirit  of  spiritual 
concern  and  deal  helpfully  with  the  problems  it  raises.  This 
we  have  attempted  to  do  in  a  sane,  reasonable  way,  chiefly 
through  the  class  discussion  groups,  by  bringing  up  the  great  re- 
ligious and  ethical  problems  for  thoughtful  consideration.  The 
results  from  these  groups  we  honestly  believe  to  be  of  consider- 
able value.  It  seems  fair  to  say,  considering  the  fact  that  several 
New  England  colleges  held  evangelistic  campaigns  this  past 
year,  that  we  have  purposely  declined  such  procedure.  Am- 
herst students  on  the  whole  don't  need  or  want  the  spectacular 
and  emotional  features  of  an  evangelistic  campaign;  they  are 
preferring  to  seek  the  truth  in  a  normal,  natural  way.  This 
point  is  startlingly  emphasized  by  the  published  comment  of  a 
student  in  one  of  the  other  colleges,  to  the  effect  that  to  the  men 
who  are  really  intellectually  concerned  about  the  great  spiritual 
experiences,  the  evangelistic  campaign  at  that  college  was  not 
only  not  helpful,  it  was  discouraging. 

It  may  be  well  to  speak  of  some  of  the  other  ways  in  which 
the  Association  is  attempting  to  help  the  individual  spiritual 


development  of  the  undergraduates.  In  the  Bible  study  work 
this  past  year  we  have  definitely  tried  to  get  at  the  meaning  of  re- 
ligion in  personal  and  social  living,  taking  for  a  basis  the  ideas 
of  the  prophets  of  Israel.  At  the  Sunday  evening  meetings,  of 
which  there  were  half  a  dozen  more  than  in  any  previous  year, 
special  attention  has  been  given  to  personal  religious  problems, 
including  talks  on  "Building  a  Faith",  "What  is  it  to  be  a  Chris- 
tian?" and  "The  Essentials  of  a  College  Man's  Religion".  It 
is  hard  to  emphasize  sufficiently  the  value  of  Alumni  Sunday, 
when  a  score  of  alumni  came  back  and  spoke  frankly  to  the 
students  concerning  the  effect  of  their  religious  belief  in  their 
work  of  every  day. 

Several  alumni  have  asked  us  how  the  Association  has  been 
cooperating  with  the  College  Church  in  getting  men  interested 
for  later  life  in  religious  institutions.  It  seems  hard  to  meet  this 
problem  adequately,  but  note  should  be  made  that  at  the  three 
communion  services  of  the  year,  conducted  by  Pres.  Albert  P. 
Fitch,  Rev.  Charles  S.  Moore  and  Pres. -Emeritus  George  Harris, 
three  men  joined  the  College  Church  on  confession  of  faith, 
one  by  letter  and  twenty-one  in  the  Covenant  of  Christian  Liv- 
ing. We  have  also  worked  with  the  International  Y.  M.  C.  A., 
in  identifying  recent  alumni  with  city  social  work. 

Here  may  we  speak  of  two  very  important  aids  in  the  work, 
one  past,  one  future.  Dr.  Arthur  C.  McGiffert,  Professor  of 
Church  History  in  Union  Theological  Seminary,  gave  during  the 
winter  on  the  Henry  Ward  Beecher  foundation  a  remarkable 
series  of  lectures  upon  God  and  the  World;  lectures  which 
proved  their  appeal  by  drawing  more  and  more  students  as  the 
series  progressed.  The  other  is  in  the  form  of  an  announcement, 
forecasting  great  things  for  the  future.  In  September,  1917, 
Albert  Parker  Fitch,  now  President  of  Andover  Theological 
Seminary,  widely  regarded  as  the  foremost  college  religious  leader 
in  this  country,  will  come  to  Amherst  as  Professor  of  the  History 
of  Religion  and  Biblical  Literature.  No  further  comment  is 
necessary  to  the  hundreds  of  Amherst  alumni  who  know  and 
love  Dr.  Fitch;  the  stimulating  effect  of  his  being  here  will  be 
of  incalculable  benefit  to  the  College  Church,  the  Association 
and  the  general  religious  life  of  the  college. 

In  addition  to  its  effort  to  encourage  religious  insight,  the 
Association  as  usual  has  enlisted  men  in  service  in  the  College 


and  the  communities  nearby.  The  particular  opportunities 
thus  offered  are  explained  carefully  in  the  reports  that  follow. 
A  new  committee  has  been  established  for  next  year,  which  will 
take  charge  of  charities,  such  as  Red  Cross  relief,  collections  of 
clothing  and  magazines  for  city  missions  and  Labrador,  and 
similar  work  which  the  Association  has  directed  to  some  extent 
this  past  year. 

A  bit  of  testimony  as  to  the  value  of  the  Association  may 
be  quoted,  even  at  the  risk  of  incurring  charges  of  thinking  of 
our  effort  more  highly  than  we  should,  to  give  a  concise  sum- 
mary of  the  Association  activity.  A  recent  editorial  in  the 
Student  reads,  "It  is  safe  to  say  that  never  has  the  Christian 
Association  been  of  more  real  value  in  an  Amherst  man's  educa- 
tion than  at  the  present  time.  After  starting  the  year  with  an 
exceptional  'Freshman  Bible',  the  Association  has  arranged  in 
effective  fashion  its  regular  service  and  Bible  study  work,  has 
broadened  its  acquaintance  and  support  among  the  alumni,  has 
secured  as  varied  and  stimulating  Sunday  evening  speakers  as 
one  could  wish,  and  has  enrolled  three  times  as  many  men  as 
ever  before  in  groups  for  the  discussion  of  college  and  religious 
problems.  In  other  words,  it  has  promoted  a  healthy  and  con- 
structive religious  attitude  and  effort". 

To  the  alumni  we  owe  our  very  hearty  thanks  for  their  co- 
operation in  making  Alumni  Sunday  a  success  and  for  their  in- 
creased assistance,  financial  and  advisory.  The  members  of 
the  faculty  have  won  our  appreciation  by  their  suggestions,  their 
actively  expressed  sympathy  with  our  plans,  and  their  help  in 
entertaining  speakers.  To  President  Meiklejohn,  Dean  Olds 
and  Professor  Tyler  we  owe  special  and  particular  thanks  for 
their  encouraging  and  constructive  cooperation  by  which  we 
have  profited  constantly.  Our  best  wishes  go  to  the  two  new 
Secretaries,  Scott  M.  Buchanan  and  Alfred  H.  Washburn. 
Their  previous  experience  has  well  fitted  them  for  their  work. 
We  also  congratulate  them  upon  their  privilege.  It  is  indeed  a 
stimulating  and  inspiring  opportunity  to  be  in  a  position  to  deal 
so  intimately  with  the  healthy  and  growing  religious  life  of 
Amherst  College. 

WALTER  R.  AGARD, 

JOSEPH  L.  SNIDER, 

Graduate  Secretaries. 


berime  to  tije  College 

DISCUSSION  GROUPS 

For  several  years  small  class  groups  have  been  meeting  with 
the  Graduate  Secretary  an  evening  a  week  to  talk  over  ethical 
and  religious  problems,  but  never  until  this  past  year  had  an 
invitation  been  given  every  member  of  a  class  to  join  such  a 
group.  Owing  to  the  general  college  interest  in  these  problems, 
such  an  invitation  was  given  last  fall  to  every  member  of  the 
freshman  and  sophomore  classes.  As  a  result  140  men  in  these 
classes  expressed  a  desire  to  attend  such  discussions. 

Seven  groups  were  formed,  meeting  for  an  hour  each  week 
with  one  of  the  Secretaries.  The  sophomores  took  up  the 
problems  of  building  a  faith,  with  spirited  argument  on  such 
subjects  as  sin,  immortality,  the  atonement,  the  nature  of  God. 
Various  books  on  these  subjects  were  read  and  criticized,  such 
as  Professor  Coe's  "The  Religion  of  a  Mature  Mind"  and  E.  W. 
Lyman's  "Theology  and  Human  Problems". 

The  freshmen  talked  over  the  elements  of  a  right  college  atti- 
tude the  first  semester,  and  in  the  second  semester  considered 
definite  college  values.  During  this  series  of  meetings  Bixler,  '16 
came  in  and  criticized  college  activities,  and  a  number  of  the 
faculty  came  in  for  an  evening  apiece  and  gave  some  "orienta- 
tion" talks,  which  proved  of  help  when  the  matter  of  next  year's 
courses  was  important.  President  Meiklejohn  spoke  on  the  re- 
lation of  the  various  departments  in  college  in  a  liberal  education, 
Prof.  Stark  Young  presented  the  cause  of  literature,  Professor 
Gallinger  of  history,  Professor  Doughty  of  science,  and  Professor 
Newlin  of  philosophy.  These  meetings  consisted  of  a  half-hour 
talk,  followed  by  questions  and  discussion.  In  addition  to  these 
meetings,  some  Sunday  afternoon  discussions  on  religious  views 
were  held  during  the  spring. 

Besides  these  groups,  the  regular  upper  class  groups  of  former 
years  met  and  talked  over  religious  questions  that  were  arising 
in  their  reading  and  study.  Altogether,  these  discussion  groups 
proved  of  decided  value  in  attempting  honestly  to  face  some 
of  the  big  problems  of  college  experience. 


SUNDAY  EVENING  MEETINGS 

It  is  no  exaggeration  to  say  that  the  discussion  on  ethical, 
religious  and  social  problems  aroused  by  our  Sunday  evening 
speakers,  both  in  the  open  forum  after  the  talks  and  during  the 
weeks  following,  has  been  a  considerable  influence  in  changing 
and  moulding  student  thought.  A  wide  field  of  subjects  and 
speakers  was  chosen,  as  the  following  list  will  show.  The  most 
able  preachers,  social  workers,  educators,  representatives  of 
professions  and  political  leaders  readily  available  came  to  talk 
over  their  ideas  and  convictions  with  us. 

1915 
Dean  George  D.  Olds 

"The  Honor  System" 
Pres.  Marion  L.  Burton  of  Smith  College 

"The  Severity  of  Jesus" 
Dean  Charles  R.  Brown  of  Yale  School  of  Religion 

"Labor  and  the  Church" 
Rev.  N.  S.  Elderkin,  '01,  of  Lawrence,  Kan. 

"A  Christian:   Different" 
William  H.  Lewis,  '92,  of  Boston 

"The  Law  as  a  Profession" 
John  Haynes  Holmes  of  New  York 

"The  Christian  Equivalent  of  War" 
Rev.  Augustus  P.  Reccord  of  Springfield 

"  Self -Consecration" 
Pres.  William  F.  Slocum,  '74,  of  Colorado  College 

"The  Balkan  Background  of  the  War" 
Pres.  Albert  Parker  Fitch  of  Andover  T.  S. 

"The  Intelligent  Choice  of  a  Vocation" 
President  Fitch 

"The  Characteristic  Drabness  of  the  American  Student" 
Pres.  Kenyon  L.  Butterfield  of  M.  A.  C. 

"The  Rural  Life  Movement" 
Rev.  Alexander  H.  Abbott  of  Albany,  N.  Y. 

"Constructing  a  Faith" 
Dr.  Edwin  S.  Ward,  '00,  of  Beirut,  Syria 

"The  Present  Challenge  of  the   Near  East" 

1916 
Prof.  Walton  H.  Hamilton 

"The  Greatest  Temptation  of  College  Life" 
Rv\ .  Roy  B.  Chamberlin  of  Saranac  Lake,  \.  Y. 

"Is  the  Ministry  Worth  While?" 


Sept. 

26. 

Oct. 

3. 

Oct. 

10. 

Oct. 

17. 

Oct. 

21. 

Oct. 

31. 

Nov. 

7. 

Nov. 

14. 

Nov. 

21. 

Nov. 

28, 

Dec. 

5, 

Dec. 

12 

Dec. 

19 

Jan. 

!) 

Jan. 

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Jan.      23.      Prin.  Alfred  E.  Stearns,  '94,  of  Andover 

"Teaching  as  a  Profession'1 
Jan.      30.      Dr.  John  L.  Elliott  of  Hudson  Guild,  New  York 

"The  Boy  and  the  Gang  in  New  York  City" 
Feb.      20.      Pres.  Clarence  A.  Barbour  of  Rochester  T.  S. 

"Worth  While  Living" 
Feb.     27.      ALUMNI  SUNDAY. 

President  Meiklejohn,  presiding;  Howard  A.  Bridgman,  '83; 
William  Orr,  '83;  Robert  A.  Woods,  '86;  C.  A.  Andrews,  '95; 
Charles  E.  Bennett,  '05;   L.  D.  Stilwell,  '13 

"What  Religion  Means  in  my  Everyday  Work" 
Mar.       5.      Morris  Hindus  of  Colgate  University 

"Russian  Peasant  Life" 
Mar.     19.      Amos  P.  Wilder  of  New  Haven 

"  Yale  in  China" 
Mar.     26.      Pres.  Rush  Rhees,  '83,  of  U.  of  Rochester 

"Making  the  N.   Y.  State  Constitution" 
April      9.      Ex-Gov.  Robert  P.  Bass  of  N.  H. 

"College  Men  and  Politics" 
April    16.      Ralph  Adams  Cram  of  Boston 

"Education  in  the  Light  of  the  War" 
April    30.      Pres.  Mary  E.  Woolley  of  Mt.  Holyoke 

"What  is  it  to  be  a  Christian?" 
May       7.      Hon.  James  W.  Adams  of  New  York 

"College  Men  in  the  New  City  Government" 
May     14.      Rev.  John  Timothy  Stone,  '91,  of  Chicago 

"Some  Vital  City  Social  Problems" 
May     21.      Pres.  Albert  P.  Fitch 

"The  Essentials,  of  a  College  Mans  Religion" 
May     28.      Rev.  George  A.  Gordon  of  Boston 

"Readings  from  Robert  Burns" 
June       4.      Edward  H.  Sudbury,  '09,  of  New  York 

"Amherst  with  the  Red  Cross  in  France" 

ALUMNI  SUNDAY 

Over  a  score  of  alumni  returned  to  Amherst  on  February 
27th  to  observe  Alumni  Sunday.  This  for  three  years  has  been 
Amherst's  unique  way  of  celebrating  the  Day  of  Prayer  of 
Colleges.  The  purpose  has  been  to  establish  closer  and  deeper 
fellowship  between  alumni  and  students,  and  to  give  the  under- 
graduates an  intimate  insight  into  the  value  of  religious  con- 
viction and  activity. 

No  one  present  will  deny  that  this  purpose  was  to  a  large  de- 
gree realized.     At  10  o'clock  Sunday  morning  the  alumni  met 


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and  became  acquainted  with  the  Christian  Association  cabinet, 
after  which  all  went  to  the  College  Church,  where  Rev.  E.  H. 
van  Etten,  '05,  conducted  the  service.  In  the  early  afternoon 
they  scattered  to  the  dormitories  and  fraternity  houses,  where 
they  led  the  discussion  groups  in  a  consideration  of  the  problems 
of  Christian  living.  Alumni  thus  leading  included  Williams,  '73, 
Mossman,  '78,  Orr,  '83,  Thayer,  '85,  Woods,  '86,  Kelsey,  '86, 
Andrews,  '95,  Seelye,  '11,  Greene,  '13,  Stilwell,  '13,  Westcott, 
'13,  and  Mills, '14. 

President  Meiklejohn  presided  at  the  evening  meeting  in 
Johnson  Chapel,  and  spoke  with  appreciation  of  the  growing 
interest  of  the  alumni  in  the  deeper  concerns  of  undergraduate 
life.  The  subject  of  the  six  brief  addresses  was  "What  Religion 
Means  in  my  Everyday  Work";  the  speakers,  Howard  A.  Bridg- 
man,  '83,  William  Orr,  '83,  Robert  A.  Woods,  '86,  Charles  A. 
Andrews,  '95,  Charles  E.  Bennett,  '05,  and  Lewis  D.  Stilwell,  '13. 
The  talks  were  straightforward,  genuine  and  helpful. 

Undergraduate  opinion  and  the  sentiment  of  the  alumni 
present  unite  in  considering  the  day  a  happy  and  profitable  one. 
Alumni  Sunday  must  be  established  as  an  annual  Amherst 
event,  marked  in  red  letters  on  the  alumni  calendar.  Plans  are 
now  under  way  for  making  it  even  more  helpful  next  year  in 
enriching  the  religious  life  of  the  college.  The  date  is  set  for 
Feb.  25,  1917.  Every  alumnus  is  hereby  cordially  urged 
to  be  with  us  on  that  day. 

BIBLE  STUDY 

The  aim  of  the  Bible  Study  Committee  during  the  past  year 
has  been  the  clarifying  of  religious  thinking  among  the  under- 
graduates; the  method  has  been  the  centering  of  interest  upon 
the  question  "What  is  Religion?"  As  a  starting  point  for  dis- 
cussion in  the  various  fraternity  groups  we  have  taken  the  answer 
to  this  question  as  formulated  by  the  Hebrew  Prophets  in  the 
Old  Testament.  Professor  Cornill's  Prophets  of  Israel  has  been 
used  as  a  commentary  on  the  Bible  references. 

Rev.  Irving  Maurer  of  the  Edwards  Church  in  Northampton 
has  had  charge  of  the  class  for  leaders,  consisting  of  one  upper- 
classman  leader  from  each  fraternity.     The  class  met  once  dur- 


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ing  each  week  to  prepare  the  lesson  for  the  following  Sunday. 
The  average  attendance  at  these  meetings  was  six. 

Twelve  fraternities  held  meetings  on  Sundays  beginning  at 
the  end  of  the  holiday  recess  and  ending  at  the  spring  recess. 
The  average  attendance  at  each  meeting  was  nine.  Eight  of 
the  houses  held  a  total  of  eight  meetings;  four  started  one  or 
two  weeks  late;   and  one  house  had  no  meetings. 

Secretary  Agard  had  charge  of  a  class  of  four  leaders  for 
freshmen  dormitory  groups  who  held  meetings  in  the  various 
entries  of  the  dormitories.  They  studied  the  course  drawn  up 
by  Seelye,  '11,  and  revised  by  Greene,  '13  and  Agard,  '15.  This 
course  deals  with  the  problems  of  college  life.  Eight  meetings 
were  held  on  successive  Sundays  from  Christmas  to  Easter  with 
an  average  attendance  of  twelve  in  each  entry. 

The  majority  of  the  leaders  in  both  fraternity  houses  and 
dormitories  report  worth  while  discussions.  The  efficiency  of 
Bible  Study  in  the  future  calls  for  a  course  with  a  broad  back- 
ground, the  careful  selection  of  leaders,  and  insistance  upon 
faithful  attendance  at  the  normal  class  for  leaders. 


MISSION  LECTURES 

To  present  in  a  normal,  helpful  fashion  the  social  conditions 
of  our  own  country  and  of  foreign  lands,  together  with  the  value 
of  Christian  activity  in  improving  them,  has  been  the  aim  of  the 
Mission  lectures  this  past  winter. 

Many  of  the  Sunday  evening  talks  dealt  with  American  social 
problems,  notably  President  Butterfield's  "The  Rural  Life 
Movement"  and  Dr.  Elliott's  "The  Boy  and  the  Gang  in  New 
York".  Perhaps  the  most  effective  challenge  of  this  sort,  how- 
ever, was  the  address  in  College  Hall  by  Raymond  Robins,  the 
lawyer-reformer  and  Progressive  leader  of  Chicago,  before  an 
audience  of  nearly  three  hundred. 

Several  returned  missionaries  were  with  us.  Professor  Porter 
and  Dr.  Harrison  remained  two  days  and  spoke  to  the  student 
body  in  chapel,  and  Mr.  Swartz  and  Dr.  Harrison  held  several 
conferences  with  students  interested  in  foreign  work.  In  this 
connection  it  is  interesting  to  note  that  two  members  of  the  class 


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of  1916  have  gone  to  teach  in  the  American  Board  college  at 
Madura,  India,  this  year. 

The  lectures  in  detail  were  as  follows: 

Home  Missions 
Feb.        8.      David  J.  Ranney  of  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

"Thirty  Years  on  the  Bowery" 
Feb.      15.      Raymond  Robins  of  Chicago 

"The  Challenge  of  the  Changing  Social  Order" 

Foreign  Missions 
Dec.      19.      Dr.  E.  S.  Ward,  '00,  of  Beirut,  Syria 

"The  Challenge  of  the  Near  East" 
Jan.      13.      Philip  A.  Swartz  of  New  York 

"What  Missions  Mean  Today" 
Mar.       2.      Prof.  Lucius  C.  Porter  of  North  China  Union  College 

"The  New  Student  Spirit  in  China" 
Mar.     16.      Dr.  Paul  W.  Harrison  of  Bahrein,  Arabia 

"Conditions  in  Arabia" 
Mar.     19.      Amos  P.  Wilder  of  New  Haven 

"Yale  in  China" 

THE  HENRY  WARD  BEECHER  CLUB 

This  organization,  composed  of  some  forty  men  who  are  in- 
terested in  the  ministry  or  some  form  of  social  service,  has  main- 
tained an  informal  program  of  meetings  throughout  the  year, 
enabling  the  members  to  meet  intimately  some  of  the  religious 
leaders  and  talk  with  them  concerning  the  opportunities  for 
effective  service  today.  Of  especial  value  was  the  informal  re- 
ception to  Dr.  McGiffert  after  the  last  lecture  of  his  series  on 
the  Henry  Ward  Beecher  foundation;  that  evening  he  answered 
questions  for  an  hour  and  a  half  on  subjects  related  to  his  lec- 
tures on  "God  and  the  World".  Other  days  of  especial  value 
were  those  week-ends  when  Mr.  Chamberlin  and  T.  A.  Greene 
'13  were  with  us  to  present  the  cause  of  the  ministry  for  thought- 
ful consideration. 

Edward  D.  Andrews,  '16  has  been  chairman  of  the  Club  the 
past  year,  and  Francis  L.  Moginot,  '17  secretary.  For  the  com- 
ing year  Mr.  Moginot  has  been  elected  president,  and  Philip  N. 
Youtz,  '18,  secretary.  Following  is  the  list  of  speakers  the  past 
year: 


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Nov.     21.      President  A.  P.  Fitch  of  Andover  Seminary 

"A  Survey  of  the  Present  Religious  Situation" 
Jan.        9.      Dr.  John  Douglas  Adam  of  Hartford  Seminary 

"The  Minister  as  a  Moral  Leader"" 
Jan.      16-17.     Rev.  Roy  B.  Chamberlin,  Union  Seminary,  '15 

"Modern  Seminary  Training" 
Jan.      21.      Rev.  Charles  W.  Merriam,  '94,  of  Grand  Rapids,  Mich. 

"The  Social  Opportunity  of  the  Church" 
Feb.      20.      Pres.  C.  A.  Barbour  of  Rochester  Seminary 

"Qualifications  for  the  Ministry" 
Mar.     19-20.     T.  A.  Greene,  '13,  Union  Seminary  '18 

"A  Thinking  Man's  Job" 
x\pril    27.      Prof.  A.  C.  McGiffert  of  Union  Seminary 

"God  and  the  World" 
June       4.      Dean  Charles  R.  Brown  of  the  Yale  School  of  Religion 

"Satisfactions  of  the  Ministry" 

EMPLOYMENT  BUREAU 

A  long  felt  want  was  to  some  degree  met  when  the  Association 
organized  its  Employment  Bureau  in  1915.  During  this  past 
year  the  Bureau  has  served  the  college  by  finding  employment 
for  about  65  men,  and  work  netting  students  from  $1000  to 
$1300. 

Besides  its  regular  duties  the  Bureau  has  rendered  certain 
other  services  to  the  college,  as  the  following  account  will  show. 
A  bulletin  board  was  placed  in  Walker  Hall  for  the  posting  of 
employment  notices  and  the  advertisement  of  lost  and  found 
articles.  This  has  been  of  great  service.  A  survey  of  employ- 
ment opportunities  in  town  was  made,  through  personal  inves- 
tigation, advertisements  in  newspapers  and  widely  distributed 
cards  placed  in  stores  and  churches.  Then  the  Bureau  had  cards 
filled  out  by  the  students,  indicating  the  kind  of  work  desired 
and  free  hours.  Daily  office  hours  were  held  from  one  to  two 
o'clock.  The  Bureau  cooperated  with  several  business  firms, 
placing  students  as  agents  during  college  and  for  the  summer. 
Especial  help  was  given  freshmen  in  their  efforts  to  find  rooms  and 
work,  and  considerable  aid  in  tutoring  was  supplied  by  keeping 
in  close  touch  with  Dean  Olds.  Among  the  positions  furnished 
by  the  Bureau  were  four  permanent  table  jobs,  three  temporary 
table  jobs,  four  agencies,  one  commencement  job,  five  tutoring 
jobs  and  47  jobs  of  piece  work. 


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The  Employment  Committee  has  received  the  hearty  sup- 
port of  the  entire  college.  Especial  thanks  are  due  President 
Meiklejohn,  Dean  Olds,  Professors  Genung,  Esty  and  Goodale, 
Mr.  Kidder  and  Mr.  Steves. 

READING  ROOM 

The  Association  Room  in  Williston  Hall,  largely  owing  to 
the  equipment  of  furniture  provided  last  year,  has  become  a 
very  popular  place  for  meetings  of  organizations  and  for  students 
to  study  and  read  between  classes.  The  Forum,  the  Socialist 
Study  Club,  the  Mitre  and  Phi  Beta  Kappa  have  held  public 
meetings  there;  the  musical  clubs  and  the  various  classes  have 
used  it  for  meetings  regularly. 


Association  Room,  Williston  Hall 


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The  room  as  usual  has  had  current  periodicals  on  its  tables, 
including  the  Springfield  Republican,  New  York  Times,  Amherst 
Student,  World's  Work,  Saturday  Evening  Post,  Outlook,  McClure's, 
American,  Life,  Everybody's,  Popular  Mechanics  and  The  North 
American  Student.  Due  to  the  generosity  of  Howard  A.  Bridg- 
man,  '83  and  Gilbert  H.  Grosvenor,  '97,  the  Congregationalist 
and  the  National  Geographic  Magazine  have  been  added  to 
this  list.  The  Association  has  also  arranged  to  have  the  Spring- 
field Republican  sent  to  Pratt  Cottage  during  the  year. 

WORK  FOR  NEW  STUDENTS 

The  Handbook,  containing  its  valuable  information  regard- 
ing college  rules,  customs  and  activities,  was  printed  last  sum- 
mer and  distributed  free  to  all  new  men  in  September.  A 
book  far  surpassing  that  of  any  previous  year  was  printed- 
President  Meiklejohn  wrote  a  foreword,  the  write-ups  were 
carefully  revised,  fifteen  new  cuts  were  added,  including  one  of 
the  President  and  each  of  the  fraternity  houses,  and  the  book  was 
enlarged  to  150  pages,  with  the  mechanical  features  of  cover 
and  general  make-up  greatly  improved.  Owing  to  the  coopera- 
tion of  the  fraternities  and  the  alumni,  together  with  the  in- 
creased amount  of  advertising,  500  copies  were  printed,  three 
times  as  many  as  previously.  After  the  new  men  were  supplied, 
several  copies  were  bought  by  students  and  alumni  to  give  to  high 
schools  as  a  concise  summary  of  Amherst  undergraduate  activity. 

On  the  first  Friday  of  the  college  year,  the  Association  rally 
was  held  in  College  Hall,  with  practically  the  entire  college  body 
present.  The  purpose  was  to  initiate  the  new  men  into  the 
activities  and  spirit  of  Amherst.  President  Bixler  presided, 
President  Meiklejohn  spoke,  and  a  few  representative  leaders 
of  college  affairs  presented  the  various  activities  of  the  college. 
Refreshments  were  served;  the  ladies  of  the  faculty  kindly  pro- 
vided the  cake  for  the  occasion. 

A  little  later  in  the  fall  personal  letters  from  the  secretaries 
of  the  Association  and  the  clerk  of  the  college  church  were  sent 
to  the  parents  of  all  the  new  men,  urging  them  to  consult  with 
their  sons  relative  to  membership  and  interest  in  the  College 
Church  and  the  Association. 


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Much  of  the  Association  work  described  elsewhere  in  this 
report  was  conducted  with  special  care  for  the  interests  of  the 
new  men.  We  might  mention  chiefly  the  employment  bureau, 
which  also  served  as  an  information  bureau  the  first  few  days  of 
college,  and  the  ''orientation"  groups  organized  later  in  the 
year. 

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DEPUTATIONS 

The  Deputation  Committee  has  endeavored  to  be  of  service 
in  presenting  the  social,  intellectual  and  religious  ideals  of  college 
to  whatever  communities  desired  to  know  of  them.  The  men 
sent  have  tried  to  leave  a  stimulus  of  Christian  optimism,  which, 
combined  with  the  intellectual  idealism  of  Amherst,  seems  to  be 
the  most  effective  contribution  we  can  give  to  any  community. 
The  college  in  general  has  been  interested  in  the  work,  and  men 
of  every  type  have  joined  with  the  committee  in  meeting  the 
engagements  of  the  season. 

The  deputations  have  as  usual  fallen  under  three  heads: 
those  sent  to  preparatory  schools,  to  country  churches,  and,  in 
cooperation  with  other  colleges,  to  cities. 

These  three  types  of  work  have  been  more  evenly  represented 
this  past  year  than  for  some  time.  A  number  of  men  spoke  at 
some  of  the  important  preparatory  schools,  presenting  chiefly 
the  aims  of  the  college;  several  speakers,  largely  prospective 
ministers,  have  been  provided  to  supply  in  the  pulpits  of  country 
churches  in  the  vicinity;  and  Amherst  has  taken  part  in  four 
of  the  week-end  intercollegiate  deputations  under  the  super- 
vision of  the  state  Y.  M.  C.  A.  Committee  to  cities  of  Massa- 
chusetts. These  intercollegiate  engagements  we  feel  were  of 
particular  value  to  all  concerned;  the  Amherst  delegates  had  a 
full  three-days'  program  of  speaking  before  Y.  M.  C.  A.,  Sunday 
School  and  Christian  Endeavor  audiences,  conferring  with  boys 
of  the  city  personally  concerning  the  problems  of  going  to  college, 
and,  in  general,  bringing  a  healthy,  vigorous  interpretation  of 
college  life  and  college  values  to  the  attention  of  the  city. 


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In  addition  to  the  separate  engagements  here  recorded,  J. 
S.  Bixler,  '16,  has  served  many  times  as  'cello  soloist  in  churches 
and  at  conferences,  and  several  students  have  had  regular  and  pro- 
longed service  in  nearby  church  work.  C.  J.  Young  and|W.  G. 
Rogers,  '18,  have  had  charge  of  Sunday  Schools  in  Holyoke, 
C.  L.  Goodrich,  '18,  has  taught  a  class  of  Y.  M.  C.  A.  boys  in 
Holyoke,  and  A.  P.  White,  '16  and  R.  T.  Ross,  '17  as  choir  di- 
rector and  organist  have  assisted  at  the  Wesley  Methodist 
Church,  Amherst.  J.  S.  Bixler,  '16  has  trained  the  chorus  at 
the  Holyoke  Vocational  School.  The  Association  has  assumed 
the  direction  of  the  Hope  Church  (colored)  Sunday  School,  with 
C.  B.  Ames,  and  J.  S.  Bixler,  '16  and  S.  P.  Snelling,  '19,  super- 
vising the  work. 

Following  are  the  year's  engagements: 
Aug.       8.  South  Hadley  Congregational  Church 

W.  R.  Agard,  '15  "College  Christianity" 

J.  S.  Bixler, '16  Cello  Solos 

Oct.      22-24.     Intercollegiate  deputation  at  Cambridge 

J.  M.  Gaus,  '15  "Social  and  Intellectual  Values  of  College" 
Oct.      26.  Grace  Church,  Holyoke 

R.  G.  Bemis,  '18  An  entertainment  in  prestidigitation 

Nov.       3.  Hampden  County  Ministers'  Association 

J.  S.  Bixler,  '16  "The  College  Man  and  the  Church" 

Nov.     29.  Williston  Seminary 

T.  M.  Greene,  '18 
Dec.      10-12.     Intercollegiate  Deputation  at  Newton 

J.  L.  Snider,  '15  "Non-athletic  Activities  in  College" 

Dec.      12.  West  Newton  Baptist  Church 

J.  L.  Snider,  '15  "College  Christianity" 

Dec.      22.  First  Congregational  Church,  Detroit,  Mich. 

F.  E.  Bogart,  '18  "Amherst  College" 

Dec.     22.  Union  High  School,  Grand  Rapids,  Mich. 

C.  H.  Bratt,  '18  "Why  the  College?" 

Dec.     22.  Erasmus  Hall,  Brooklyn 

H.  I.  Fillman,  '17  "The  Amherst  Idea" 

Jan.        9.  Grace  Church,  Holyoke 

S.  M.  Buchanan,  '16  "Religion  in  College" 

Jan.      12.  Springfield  Y.  M.  C.  A. 

J.  S.  Bixler,  '16  "Bible  Study" 

Jan.      16.  Belchertown  Congregational  Church 

S.  W.  Rider,  '16  "Character  Building" 

J.  S.  Bixler,  '16  "Christianity  in  College" 

E.  W.  Morehouse,  'IS   "What  Christianity  Means  to  Me" 


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Jan.      19.  People's  Institute,  Northampton 

Glee  Club  Quartet,  Gillies,  White,  '16;    Low,  '17;    Ladd, 

'18 
Holyoke  Y.  M.  C.  A. 

J.  S.  Bixler,  '16  "The  Story  of  the  Meistersinger" 

Holyoke  Y.  M.  C.  A. 

F.  R.  Otte,  '16  "An  Appeal  for  India" 

Intercollegiate  Deputation  to  Cushing  Academy 

C.  P.  Cochrane,  '17 

"Intellectual  and  Religious  Values  of  College" 
Conference  of  Boys  of  Mass.  and  R.  I.,  at  Newton 

J.  S.  Bixler,  '16  "Honesty  in  Friendships" 

South  Amherst  Chapel 

R.  D.  Metcalf,  '17 
West  Pelham  Community  Church 

W.  R.  Agard,  '15 
South  Amherst  Chapel 

C.  J.  Young,  '18 
West  Pelham  Community  Church 

L.  M.  Knapp,  '16 
Mar.     24-26.     Intercollegiate  Deputation  at  Athol 

F.  K.  Sanders,  '17 
Grace  Church,  Holyoke 

Eugene  Stimson,  '16,  Soloist;   J.  S.  Bixler,  '16,  'Cellist 
Montclair  Academy 

L.  M.  Douglas,  '16  "The  Real  Values  of  College" 

Grace  Church,  Holyoke 

C.  P.  Cochrane,  '17  "A  College  Man's  Religion" 

Choate  School 

C.  P.  Cochrane,  '17  "Christ  in  a  College  Man's  Life" 

Jaffrey,  N.  H.,  Sunday  School 

J.  S.  Bixler,  '16  "The  Meaning  of  Service" 

Second  Congregational  Church,  Holyoke 

L.  L.  Spear,  '17  "The  Spirit  of  Honor" 

Williston  Seminary 

S.  M.  Buchanan,  '16  "The  Northfield  Conference" 

Presbyterian  Church,  Holyoke 

T.  M.  Greene,  '18  "A  Plea  for  Armenia" 

Kent  School 

A.  R.  Morehouse,  '16  "Amherst  College" 

IMMIGRANT  EDUCATION 

All  of  our  work  for  immigrants  this  past  year  has  been  done 
under  the  supervision  of  the  People's  Institute,  Northampton. 
This  organization  has  a  total  membership  of  310,  mostly  men 


Jan. 

19. 

Jan. 

30. 

Feb. 

4-6. 

Feb. 

19. 

Feb. 

25. 

Mar. 

5. 

Mar. 

12. 

Mar. 

19. 

Mar. 

24-2 

Mar. 

26. 

April 

30. 

May 

7. 

May 

14. 

May 

21. 

May 

21. 

May 

21. 

May 

28. 

May 

28. 

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and  women,  employed  for  the  most  part  in  school  work  and  in 
factories  and  mills,  but  also  in  business,  farming,  hired  house- 
work, professions,  trades,  in  homes  and  as  clerks.  The  work  for 
1915-16  brought  the  teachers  into  contact  with  many  nationali- 
ties, including  Americans  (white  and  colored),  Canadians,  Irish 
Americans,  Austrians,  English,  Germans,  Greeks,  Irish,  Italians, 
Japanese,  Lithuanians,  Norwegians,  Persians,  Poles,  Russians, 
Scotch  and  Turks. 

From  Amherst  18  men  have  gone  over  an  evening  a  week 
during  the  winter  to  teach,  coming  into  contact  with  approxi- 
mately 42  men  of  a  dozen  nationalities.  The  classes  have  been 
small,  numbering  usually  only  two  men,  where  the  teaching 
could  be  of  real  and  immediate  value,  although  there  were  two 
larger  classes  for  English  conversation,  a  new  departure  which 
proved  very  successful.  Among  the  subjects  taught  were  Eng- 
lish, reading,  spelling,  grammar,  arithmetic,  current  events, 
Latin  and  American  citizenship. 

At  a  community  service  conference  held  in  the  fall  in  North- 
ampton, the  state  and  county  authorities  along  these  lines 
helped  us  make  a  start  toward  a  survey  of  local  conditions  and  a 
fair  apportionment  of  the  work  among  the  various  agencies 
best  fitted  to  deal  with  it.  Efforts  were  made  to  establish  classes 
in  Hadley,  in  North  Amherst  and  in  Amherst.  It  seems  that 
the  logical  field  for  our  activities  is  the  immediate  vicinity  of  the 
college,  where  the  need  is  great,  but  initiative  of  organization  is 
lacking.  Any  such  work  requires  a  solid,  efficient  foundation 
under  efficient  management.  The  students  must  work  through 
institutions,  or  the  system  will  be  spasmodic  and  only  temporary. 
Such  an  opportunity  has  been  given  us  in  Northampton  by  the 
Peoples'  Institute.  We  are  hoping  that  in  the  future,  aided  by 
local  agencies,  we  can  do  similar  work  nearer  home. 

BOYS'  CLUBS 

One  hundred  and  fifty  Amherst  boys,  ranging  in  age  from 
eight  to  twenty  years,  have  been  enrolled  this  past  year  in  the 
three  divisions  directed  by  the  Boys'  Work  Committee.  Regu- 
lar meetings  in  Pratt  Gymnasium  began  before  Thanksgiving 
and  continued  throughout  the  year. 


20       . 

The  division  of  older  boys  has  been  organized  as~usual  into 
the  "Senate".  This  has  met  Monday  evenings  under  the  super- 
vision of  E.  E.  Sawyer,  '16.  On  Friday  evenings  the  youngest 
boys  have  met  from  six-thirty  to  eight  and  the  "middlers"  from 
eight  to  nine- thirty.  This  latter  group  has  been  regularly 
known  as  the  "Amherst  Boys'  Club";  from  it  was  picked  the 
representative  basketball  team,  which  had  a  successful  season  of 
games. 

The  general  purpose  of  all  of  the  work  has  been  to  enable 
the  boys  to  develop  themselves  into  healthy,  clean,  self -controlled 
men.  A  broad  athletic  program  has  seemed  the  best  basis 
upon  which  to  start.  So  the  members  of  the  committee  have 
helped  the  boys  in  basketball,  relay  racing,  boxing,  wrestling, 
bowling  and  drills.  The  showerbaths  and  an  occasional  swim 
proved  very  popular  with  the  boys.  In  addition  to  this  train- 
ing in  clean  sportsmanship,  the  mere  fact  of  organization  into 
clubs  with  a  fair  amount  of  self-government  was  of  decided  edu- 
cational value. 

It  is  hoped  that  more  outdoor  work  can  be  attempted  next 
year,  with  perhaps  the  formation  of  Boy  Scout  companies. 
The  work  with  younger  boys  in  this  vicinity  is  bigger  in  oppor- 
tunity than  we  have  yet  realized. 

In  the  work  this  past  year  Mr.  Kennedy  and  Mr.  Cooley 
have  cooperated  heartily  in  giving  the  boys  a  good  time  in  the 
gymnasium,  and  credit  is  due  them  along  with  the  members  of 
the  committee  in  evaluating  the  results  of  the  year. 

THE  HOLYOKE  VACATION  SCHOOL 

This  is  our  most  unique  form  of  community  service.  The 
vacation  school  system  has  recently  become  prominent  as  a 
national  movement,  and  schools  have  been  organized  in  cities 
under  the  auspices  of  the  larger  colleges  and  universities.  Am- 
herst for  six  years  has  contributed  its  link  in  the  chain  in  the 
form  of  the  Holyoke  school. 

The  school  is  supported  jointly  by  our  Association  and  Grace 
Church,  a  large  institutional  church  of  Holyoke,  whose  pastor  is 
Rev.  E.  B.  Robinson,  '96.  Its  sessions  are  held  in  the  rooms  of 
Grace  church  five  days  a  week.     The  object  is  to  keep  as  many 


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as  possible  of  the  children  of  Holyoke  off  the  streets,  to  give 
them  something  to  do  during  the  long,  hot  summer  months,  and 
to  bring  them  under  an  influence  at  once  educational  and  re- 
ligious. The  school  is  non-sectarian  and  limits  its  efforts  to  no 
special  class,  although  most  of  its  pupils  come  from  the  families 
of  factory  employees  in  the  down-town  district. 


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The  enrolment  this  summer  was  about  one  hundred  and 
fifty.  The  girls  from  seven  to  fourteen  years  old  were  taught 
sewing;  the  girls  and  boys  under  seven  comprised  the  kinder- 
garten; the  older  boys  were  divided  into  two  groups  for  chair 
caning  and  carpentry.  A  feature  of  the  school  was  the  singing. 
Before  the  summer  was  over  passers-by  on  Race  or  Cabot  Streets 
became  accustomed  to  hearing  any  one  of  a  number  of  songs 
rendered  with  great  enthusiasm,  the  most  popular  of  all  being 
"Lord  Jeffrey  Amherst".  Once  a  week  the  whole  school  went 
on  an  outing  to  Hampden  Pond,  where  there  was  a  ball  game 
and  swimming,  to  say  nothing  of  a  trolley  ride  both  ways  and  a 
lunch  in  the  picnic  grounds.  A  feature  unique  in  vacation 
school  work  was  the  operation  of  a  printing  press  donated  to  the 
school  early  in  the  summer  of  1915  by  a  prominent  citizen  of 
Holyoke.  Money  was  raised  for  type  and  equipment,  and  the 
press  is  now  turning  out  an  average  of  five  dollars'  worth  of 
printing  a  week.  Any  account  of  the  work  of  the  school  would 
be  incomplete  without  a  comment  upon  what  has  been  done  by 
Mr.  Robinson,  the  pastor  of  Grace  church.  It  is  largely  through 
his  energy  and  unbounded  enthusiasm  that  both  pupils  and 
teachers  have  been  secured,  that  expenses  have  been  met,  that 
problems  of  discipline  as  well  as  administration  have  been  solved. 
Amherst  may  well  be  glad  that  this  form  of  social  work,  carried 
on  in  the  name  of  the  College  Christian  Association,  is  backed 
by  such  a  man. 

Some  Amherst  student  has  regularly  spent  his  summer  as 
director  of  the  boys'  work  of  the  school.  Previous  teachers  have 
been  Leland  Olds,  '12,  George  D.  Olds,  Jr.,  '13,  W.  F.  Greene, 
'14,  C.  M.  Mills,  '14,  and,  last  year,  Julius  S.  Bixler,  '16.  Dur- 
ing the  past  summer,  William  G.  Rogers,  '18,  has  had  charge. 
Those  who  are  further  interested  in  this  branch  of  the  Association 
work  are  advised  to  read  "An  Adventure  in  Democracy"  in 
the  October,  1915,  Amherst  Monthly,  which  describes  the  work 
and  its  significance  to  Amherst  students. 


Conferences 


Delegates  have  been  sent  this  past  year  to  the  regular  con- 
ferences on  religious  work  arranged  by  the  various  larger  or- 
ganizations allied  in  interest  with  us.  In  addition  to  these 
mention  should  be  made  of  the  informal  conferences  arranged 
at  Amherst  many  times  during  the  year  between  undergraduates 
and  leaders  in  Y.  M.  C.  A.  work,  missionary  activity,  the  minis- 
try and  general  social  service.  Especial  attention  should  be 
called  to  one  feature  of  our  conferences.  At  the  beginning  of 
the  year  our  Association  held  for  the  first  time  a  "setting-up 
conference"  for  the  Cabinet.  The  members  arrived  in  town 
three  days  before  rushing  season  started,  and  held  meetings 
daily  to  get  the  year's  program  well  in  hand.  We  had  the  good 
fortune  to  have  with  us  David  R.  Porter,  National  Student  Sec- 
retary, Clarence  P.  Shedd,  State  Secretary,  and  T.  A.  Greene, 
'13.  Dean  Olds,  Professor  Tyler  and  Alumni  Secretary  Allis 
were  also  with  us  to  talk  over  our  plans.  This  setting-up  con- 
ference proved  of  decided  value  in  starting  the  year  well. 

On  October  15  Edward  D.  Andrews  and  Julius  S.  Bixler,  '16 
and  Secretary  Agard  attended  the  annual  Community  Service 
conference  in  Boston,  a  meeting  of  social  workers  from  all  parts 
of  Massachusetts  and  Rhode  Island.  Mr.  Bixler  gave  one  of 
the  addresses  before  the  student  division  of  the  conference. 

The  annual  Conference  of  the  Connecticut  Valley  Student 
Volunteer  Movement  Union,  founded  by  H.  S.  Leiper,  Amherst 
'13,  was  held  at  Wesleyan,  Oct.  23-24.  The  Amherst  delegates 
were  Francis  R.  Otte,  '16,  George  Benneyan,  '18  and  Secretary 
Snider. 

Andover  Theological  Seminary  acted  as  host  for  the  annual 
intercollegiate  Conference  upon  the  Ministry,  held  March  24-26. 
Representatives  from  a  score  of  New  England  schools  were 
present  to  enjoy  a  very  valuable  program  of  addresses,  among 
the  speakers  being  Nehemiah  Boynton,  '79,  Prof.  Walter  Rau- 
schenbusch,  Dr.  Harry  E.  Fosdick,  Professors  Peabody  and 
Hocking  of  Harvard,  and  Albert  Parker  Fitch.  Amherst  sent 
F.  C.  Allen,  L.  M.  Knapp,  '16,  R.  E.  McGowan,  '17,  H.  B. 
Staples,   '19,  and  Secretary  Agard. 


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The  annual  conference  of  the  Intercollegiate  Council  of  N.  E. 
College  Christian  Associations  was  held  at  Dartmouth,  April 
14-16.  Julius  S.  Bixler,  '16,  was  president  of  the  organization 
this  past  year.  Amherst  sent  as  delegates  Secretaries-elect 
Buchanan  and  Washburn,  President-elect  Hobart  and  retiring 
Secretary  Agard.  This  conference  furnished  a  helpful  inter- 
change of  ideas  on  Association  methods.  Mr.  Agard  spoke  on 
Bible  study  methods,  and  Mr.  Bixler  led  the  concluding  meeting 
of  the  conference. 

Robert  B.  Proctor,  '16,  represented  Amherst  at  the  Y.  M. 
C.  A.  Life  Work  Conference  held  in  Boston  May  6.  From 
June  23  to  July  3  the  annual  Student  Conference  for  Eastern 
colleges  was  held  at  Northfield.  Amherst  was  represented  by 
13  undergraduates  and  4  alumni.  The  conference  maintained 
its  record  of  being  of  very  great  value  to  all  the  Amherst  men 
who  attended. 


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The  1916  Northfield  Delegation 


STUDENT  MEMBERSHIP 

Last  year  a  fraction  over  88%  of  the  college  body  were 
members  of  the  Association.  This  year  the  Committee  has 
worked  together  to  enlist  an  even  larger  number,  personally  in- 
terviewing those  men  in  college  not  already  members.  Mem- 
bership consists  in  signing  the  following  statement:  "I  desire 
and  will  try  to  be  a  disciple  of  Jesus  Christ  and  accept  Him  as 
the  Master  of  my  life."  We  are  glad  that  we  can  report  over 
91%  of  the  student  body  as  being  at  present  enrolled  in  the 
Association. 

The  membership  by  classes  is  as  follows : — 

Members  Non-members  Total 

Grad.  Stud.  2  2 

Seniors,  1916  77  2  79 

Juniors,  1917  91  9  100 

Sophomores,  1918  98  7  105 

Freshmen,  1919  105  15  120 

Totals,  373  33  406 

FINANCES 

Owing  largely  to  the  increased  generosity  of  the  alumni,  the 
Association  has  had  sufficient  funds  this  past  year  to  extend 
several  important  departments  of  its  activity.  As  a  comparison 
with  the  previous  year's  expenditures  will  show,  we  have  been 
able  to  increase  our  budget  for  speakers  from  $35  to  nearly  $80 
and  devote  $40  more  than  before  to  deputations  and  conferences. 
An  appropriation  for  the  new  Employment  Bureau  was  neces- 
sary. These  items,  together  with  the^  $60  advance  in  printing 
expenses  caused  by  the  bulletin  sent  to  all  the  alumni,  account 
chiefly  for  the  use  we  have  made  of  our  increased  funds. 

FINANCIAL  REPORT,  July  1,  1915— July  1,  1916 

RECEIPTS 

Balance  on  hand,  July  1,  1915 $     2.44 

Undergraduate  subscriptions 600.95 

Faculty  subscriptions    77.00 

Alumni  subscriptions 1,001.00 

Interest  from  Gaylord  fund 61.48 

Total    $1,742.87 


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EXPENDITURES 

Salaries  of  Secretaries $1,000.00 

Speakers'  expenses  79.75 

Social  events  38.00 

Employment  Bureau  12.84 

Office  expenses  (including,  postage)  80.02 

Handbook  deficit 75.00 

Magazines  and  papers 25.00 

Deputations  and  conferences  56.85 

Printing  : 179.54 

Contributions: 

State  Committee  25.00 

International  Committee 25.00 

C.  V.  I.  M.  U 10.00 

Holyoke  Vacation  School 90.00 

Total    $1,697.00 

Total  receipts $1,742.87 

Total  expenditures 1,697.00 

Balance  on  hand,  July  1,  1916 $45.87 

Respectfully  submitted, 

BURBANK  C.  YOUNG, 

Treasurer. 


ALUMNI  COOPERATION 


One  of  the  most  encouraging  features  of  the  year's  work  has 
been  the  response  of  the  alumni  to  the  brief  report  sent  out  last 
winter  by  the  Alumni  Council  Committee  on  Religious  Work. 
The  primary  reason  for  sending  this  report  out  was  not  financial, 
but  rather  to  give  all  the  alumni  the  opportunity  to  learn  of  the 
religious  situation  at  college.  But  the  financial  element  of 
course  did  figure,  for  the  Association  work  demanded  increased 
funds  to  carry  on  its  regular  activity  and  provide  for  increased 
expenditure  for  speakers  and  deputations. 

We  found  that  172  alumni  responded,  as  compared  with 
about  40  the  preceding  year,  and  contributed  $1001,  an  amount 
greater  by  $300  than  ever  before. 

It  is  planned  to  send  out  no  personal  letters  soliciting  funds 
this  year.  We  are  hoping  that  this  report  will  bring  the  needed 
alumni  contribution. 


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Several  alumni  have  asked  us  if  this  matter  should  not  be  in- 
cluded among  the  Alumni  Council  organized  budgets.  Mr. 
Allis,  the  Council  Secretary,  tells  us  that  this  should  be  the  case 
within  a  few  years,  but  that  so  far  the  urgent  work  of  organiza- 
tion and  routine  business  of  the  Council  make  necessary  the 
continuation  of  our  present  system  for  the  time  being.  A 
blank  for  contributions  will  be  found  on  the  last  page  of  this 
report. 

The  list  of  the  contributing  alumni  this  past  year  follows: 


'54  Hallock,  C. 
'55  Fiske,  A.  S. 
'56  Reade,  J.  T. 
'58  Grosvenor,  G.  S. 
'59  Knapp,  G.  B. 
'61  Andrews,  E.  N. 
'61  Hardy,  A.  S. 
'61  Phipps,  G.  G. 
'65  Emerson,  B.  K. 
'65  Jones,  E.  A. 
'66  Cole,  R.  M. 
'66  Cooley,  N.  S. 
'66  Morley,  H.  S. 
'67  Cobb,  W.  H. 
'67  Ward,  S. 
'67  White,  W.  P. 
'69  Hammond,  W.  P. 
'70  Fowle,  J.  L. 
'70  Porter,  H. 
'71  Hartzell,  W.  H. 
'71  Simpson,  J.  W. 
'71  Tomblen,  C.  L. 
'72  Clark,  G.  L. 
'72  Holbrook,  D.  L. 
'72  Paine,  L.  M. 
'73  King,  H.  A. 
'73  Tyler,  J.  M. 
'73  Williams,  T. 
'74  Frye,  J.  H. 
'74  Kilbourn,  E.  B. 
'74  Morse,  N. 
'75  Perkins,  W.  P. 
'76  Knight,  E.  H. 
'76  Patton,  R.  W. 


'76  Plimpton,  G.  L. 
'76  Washburn,  W.  I. 
'77  Hingeley,  J.  B. 
'77  Kyle,  W.  O. 
'77  Maxon,  H.  M. 
'78  Babbott,  F.  L. 
'78  Conant,  G.  A. 
'78  Cowles,  W.  L. 
'78  Gardiner,  H.  N. 
'78  Goodnow,  H.  R. 
'78  Heselton,  G.  W. 
'78  Ladd,  W.  M. 
'78  Mossman,  W.  B. 
'78  Stearns,  F.  W. 
'78  Hitchings,  H.  M. 
'79  Pratt,  C.  M. 
'79  Seelye,  W.  J. 
'79  Williams,  S. 
'80  Gillett,  A.  L. 
'80  Headley,  P.  C. 
'80  Lane,  C.  S. 
'80  Rogers,  N.  C. 
'80  Jenkins,  F.  H. 
'81  French,  F.  E. 
'81  Parsons,  F.  H. 
'81  Stihvell,  G.  H. 
'82  Bixler,  J.  W. 
'82  Hale,  E.  D. 
'82  Hall,  G.  A. 
'82  Partridge,  F.  C. 
'82  Rolfe,  A.  G. 
'82  Thayer,  L.  H. 
'82  Tucker,  H.  A. 
'83  Patton,  C.  H. 


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'83  Walker,  W. 
'84  Atwater,  W.  C. 
'84  Kelsey,  C.  E. 
'84  Phelps,  C.  S. 
'84  Rossiter,  W.  S. 
'84  Smith,  F.  M. 
'84  Thompson,  J.  O. 
'85  Greene,  F.  D. 
'85  Stone,  A.  F. 
'85  Thayer,  W.  G. 
'86  Clark,  J.  B. 
'86  Perine,  H.  B. 
'87  Conrad,  W.  O. 
'87  Goddard,  G.  N. 
'87  Kendrick,  A. 
'87  Rounds,  A.  C. 
'87  Rounds,  R.  S. 
'87  Thorp,  W.  B. 
'88  Baker,  A.  G. 
'88  Bard,  A.  S. 
'88  Danforth,  J.  R. 
'88  Miller,  J.  H. 
'88  Perrine,  W.  H. 
'88  Seymour,  G.  N. 
'88  Woodin,  H.  P. 
'88  Wright,  J.  D. 
'89  Callahan,  J.  R. 
'89  Dicken,  W.  C. 
'89  James,  A.  C. 
'89  Smith,  E.  E. 
'89  Thompson,  D.  V. 
'89  Watkins,  J.  M. 
'89  Ackerman,  J.  F. 
'90  Putnam,  F.  C. 
'90  Tenney,  B.  F. 
'91  Avery,  N.  P. 
'91  Stone,  J.  T. 
'92  Clark,  H.  L. 
'92  Cox,  E.  H. 
'92  Thompson,  F.  L. 
'93  Allis,  F.  S. 
'93  Blodgett,  F.  D. 
'93  Esty,  T.  C. 
'93  Lay,  F.  M. 
'93  Tufts,  P.  H. 
'94  Capen,  E.  W. 
'94  Johnston,  W.  S. 


'94  Noyes,  H.  T. 
'94  Rice,  A. 
'94  Staples,  F.  C. 
'95  Pratt,  H.  L. 
'96  Bixler,  D.  H. 
'96  Hall,  E.  S. 
'96  Halligan,  H.  A. 
'96  Merriam,  G.  E. 
'96  Tayler,  J.  D. 
'97  Emerson,  B.  K.  Jr. 
'97  Esty,  R.  P. 
'98  Gregory,  R.  H. 
'98  Kendall,  H.  P. 
'98  Newlin,  W.  J. 
'98  Tinker,  W.  H. 
'99  Rogers,  D.  C. 
'00  Hardy,  W.  F. 
'00  Paine,  B.  L. 
'01  Crary,  C.  J. 
'02  Keith,  E.  B. 
'03  Breed,  J.  M. 
'03  Rhodes,  M.  A. 
'04  Goold,  E.  H. 
'04  Hartshorne,  I. 
'05  Crossett,  E.  C. 
'07  Boynton,  E.  C. 
'08  Cobb,  P.  R. 
'08  Powley,  N. 
'08  Washburn,  W.  I. 
'09  Melcher,  J.  B. 
'09  Burnett,  G.  B.  Jr. 
'10  Hood,  R.  H. 
'lOLadd,  W.  S. 
'10  Wolfe,  C.  A. 
'11  Abbot,  F.  P. 
'11  Seelye,  L.  H. 
'13  Greene,  T.  A. 
'13  Leiper,  H.  S. 
'13  Marsh,  A.  W. 
'13  Merrill,  R.  S. 
'13  Parsons,  C.  E. 
'13  Stilwell,  L.  D. 
'14  Cobb,  E.  S. 
'14  Hubbard,  T.  H. 
'15  Barnes,  W.  G. 
'15  Kingman,  H.  S. 
'15  Pratt,  R. 
'15  Roelofs,  H.  D. 
'15  Smith,  L.  R. 


ALUMNI  CONTRIBUTION 

As  a  result  of  the  four  thousand  circulars  mailed  last  fall 
we  received  many  interesting  letters  of  inquiry  and  suggestion, 
which  we  appreciate. 

There  was  also  a  marked  increase  in  receipts;  over  one 
thousand  dollars  was  contributed,  in  amounts  varying  from  fifty 
cents  to  one  hundred  dollars. 

As  stated  in  a  previous  bulletin,  our  opportunities  are  limited 
only  by  our  resources.  If  we  should  have  twice  the  above  sum 
available  this  present  year,  we  have  plans  already  laid  whereby 
we  could  spend  every  cent  effectively. 

May  we  not  count  you  among  our  regular  donors  this  year? 


Mr.  Robert  M.  Fisher,  Treasurer. 

I  hereby  enclose  $         .       as  my  contribution  to  the  A.  C.  C. 
A.  for  1916-1917. 


(Signed) (Class). 

Address 


OFFICERS,   1916—1917 

President,  RICHARD  T.  HOBART,  1917 
Vice-President,  FRANCIS  L.  MOGINOT,  1917 
Treasurer,  ROBERT  M.  FISHER,  1917 
Recording  Secretary,  DAVID  C.  HALE,  1917 

(SCOTT  M.  BUCHANAN,  1916 
I  ALFRED  H.  WASHBURN,  1916 


Graduate  Secretaries, 


COMMITTEES 

Bible  Study,  HENRY  W.  WELLS, 
F.  L.  Moginot,  '17 
W.  E.  Sibley,  '17 
A.  E.  Harris,  '18 
E.  W.  Morehouse,  '18 


'17,  Chairman 

S.  Thayer,  '18 
C.  G.  Seamans,  '18 
C.  L.  Goodrich,  '18 
P.  N.  Youtz,  '18 


R.  M.  Fisher,  '17 
T.  Kambour,  '17 
C  B.  Low,  '17 

F.  B.  Marks,  '17 

Boys'  Work,  S.  B.  GOODRICH,  '17,  Chairman 

E.  F.  Loomis,  '17  C.  Seamans,  '18                              P.  B.  Glann,  '19 

N.  R.  Lemcke,  '17  P.  H.  See,  '18                                  H.  M.  Lay,  '19 

C.  B.  McGowan,  *17  S.  Thayer,  '18                                 F.  E.  Mygatt,  '19 

R.  C.  Perkins,  '17  W.  W.  Yerrall,  '18                         L.  B.  Thornton,  '19 

R.  S.  Woodward,  '17  A.  E.  Cavart,  '19                            H.  P.  Vermilya,  '19 

T.  L.  Widmayer,  '17  L.  Donahue,  '19 

G.  Benneyan,  '18  R.  J.  Davis,  '19 

Conferences  and  Charities,  IRVING  L.  SPEAR,  '17,  Chairman 

M.  A.  Copeland,  '17  R.  E.  McGowan,  '17                    A.  F.  Saunders,  '18 


M.  E.  Baker,  '17  E.  H.  Marks,  '17 

S.  A.  Howard,  '17  E.  M.  Root,  '17 

Deputation,  CRAIG  A.  COCHRANE, 


G.  I.  Baily,  '17 

C.  H.  Bartholomew,  '17 

M.  Eisner,  '17 

C.  B.  Low,  '17 

F.  L.  Moginot,  '17 

H.  Rauschenbusch,  '17 

I.  L.  Spear,  '17 

J.  F.  Swett,  '17 


R.  G.  Bemis,  '18 
C.  L.  Goodrich,  '18 
T.  M.  Greene,  '18 
H.  A.  Ladd,  '18 
E.  W.  Morehouse,  '18 
L.  E.  Thayer,  '18 
J.  C.  Warren,  '18 
A.  Bodenhorn,  '19 


R.  B.  Bristol, 
S.  A.  Howard, 


Employment,  J.  FREEMAN  SWETT, 
R.  E.  Bednarski,  '18 
I.  W.  Soare,  '18 


D.  D.  Bixler,  '18 

W.  B.  Cummings,  '19 

'17,  Chairman 

N.  Boynton,  '19 
F.  S.  May,  '19 
D.  G.  Mitchell,  '19 
J.  G.  Howard,  '19 
W.  W.  Riefler,  '19 
R.  V.  Sheldon,  '19 
R.  S.  Starkey,  '19 

'17,  Chairman 

J.  R.  Cotton,  '19 
L.  W.  Miller,  '19 


Finance,  ROBERT  M.  FISHER,  '17,  Chairman 


A.  M.  Clarke,  '17 
K.  W.  Barber,  '18 
G.  Benneyan,  '18 
J.  S.  Gillies,  '18 
H.  F.  Johnson, '18 


R.  B.  Bristol,  '17 
M.  Anderson,  '19 
F.  F.  Bailey,  '19 


H.  A.  Ladd,  '18 
M.  S.  Moore,  '18 
W.  R.  Peabody,  '18 
D    G.  Redmond,  '18 
L.  E.  Thayer,  '18 


R.  B.  Tylee,  '18 
W.  W.  Yerrall,  '18 
W.  C.  Washburn,  '18 
E.  B.  Kambour,  '19 


Handbook,  PAUL  H.  PLOUGH,  *17,  Chairman 

A.  E.  Cavart,  '19  H.  M.  Lay,  '19 


R.  C.  Evans,  '19 
W.  L.  Godwin,  '19 


H.  R.  Seward,  '19 
S..P.  Snelling,  '19 


Immigrant  Education,  J.  EVERETT  GLANN,  '17,  Chairman 

F.  D.  Bell,  '17  R.  W.  Myers,  '18  L.  P.  Moore,  '19 

R.  W.  Hendricks,  '17  W.  R.  Peabody,  '18  J.  A.  Savoy,  '19 

C.  B.  McGowan,  '17  E.  W.  Morehouse,  '18  P.  Rizzi,  '19 

J  L.  Whitcomb,  '17  W.  R.  Stitt,  '18  T.  Southworth,  '19 

F.  E.  Bogart,  '18  A.  B.  Forbes,  '19  W.  C.  Spicer,  '19 
P.  R.  Arnold,  '18  P.  N.  LeBrun,  '19  H.  B.  Staples,  '19 

Membership,  BENJAMIN  F.  D'OOGE,  '17,  Chairman 

R.  B.  Bristol,  '17  R.  D.  Metcalf,  '17  G.  W.  Cornell,  '18 

M.  A.  Copeland,  '17  J.  G.  Gazley,  '17  G.  L.  Cross,  '18 

G.  Hinman,  '17  F.  K.  Sanders,  '17  W.  C.  Tooker,  '18 
C.  B.  McGowan,  '17  J.  M.  Scandrett.  '17  H.  P.  Stimson,  '18 
E.  M.  Root,  '17 


Mission  Study,  FRANK  K.  SANDERS,  JR.,  '17.  Chairman 


N.  W.  Cheng,  '17 
H.  A.  Smith,  '17 
E.  B.  Greene,  '18 
G.  Benneyan, '18 


R.  P.  Kelsey,  '18 
H.  Knauth,  '18 
W.  C.  Hobensack,  '18 
C.  J.  Young,  '18 


Reading  Room  and  Publicity,  CHANDLER  T. 
H.  I.  Fillman,  '17  '  W.  L.  Thompson,  '18 

F.  M.  Sleeper,  '17  M.  Anderson,  '19 
R.  P.  Bentley,  '18                          A.  F.  Banfield,  '19 

G.  W.  Cornell,  '18  P.  A.  Chase,  '19 

A.  R.  Morehouse,  '18  P.  Y.  Eastman,  '19 


P.  N.  Youtz,  '18 
E.  N.  Hollings,  '19 
E.  R.  Smith,  '19 


JONES,  '17,   Chairman 
N.  T.  Macfarlane,  '19 
A.  I..  Scott,  '19 
T.  Southworth,  '19 
P.  H.  Stacy,  '19 


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